Description
We are looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager to join us as we improve and support the monetization of Microsoft Casual Games on the Windows platform.
Responsibilities
The Technical Program Manager will be responsible for organizing and managing updates and improvements to the advertising technologies that are used throughout the entire portfolio of Microsoft Casual Games. You will focus on the day to day management and execution of managing the workload, specification and schedule of a small team of developers working on Ad Technology. You will work closely with Development, Production and Ad Operations to deliver results across a variety of game clients spanning mobile & desktop platforms on a range of touch and keyboard based devices. We are looking for self-motivated individuals that are excited to dream, manage and support great products.
Requirements
As a member of the Microsoft Casual Games Team, you will:
- Create and drive plans for aligning Ad SDK development to Studio Leadership Goals
- Track & report progress across multiple AD SDK teams
- Write functional requirements, specifications and final documentation for Ad SDK's
- Be driven by measurable results
- Consult on a regular basis with Studio Leadership team to align expectations and deliverables
- Be able to multitask between features, platforms and projects
- Write Technical Specifications
- Review and Evaluate Ad Industry Standards
- Make recommendations to developers
- Review Technical Specifications of 3rd Party Ad Providers
- Coordinate working sessions to align on work product
- Write Technical Specifications
- Manage Day to Day workload of Development team
- Manage Developer Backlog
- Track work progress and completed
- Conduct planning sessions
- Communicate progress and results on daily and per work period basis
- Coordinate with Ad Operations
- Work with Ad Operations Team to identify areas of focus for development team
- Work with Ad Operations Team to identify potential 3rd party partners
- Evaluate 3rd Party partner technology
- Communicate progress and results
- Measure progress and results
- Coordinate with Microsoft Ad SDK Team India
- Coordinate cross-team work
- Prioritize work for both Microsoft and India teams
- Coordinate server work needed to onboard new partners
- Support features
- Write feature level documentation
- Evaluate feature results
- Evaluate Bugs and own bug fixing process
- Work with Developers to Document Code for portability and future development
- Report Progress
- Consult on a regular basis with project leadership
- Align expectations of leadership to deliverables
- Report on feature results
Qualifications and Skills
- 3+ Years’ Experience in feature level development
- Experience in Feature Level Documentation (examples if possible)
- Experience working in an Agile Environment
- Experience gathering data and creating regular reports
- Experience in project management and tracking
- Experience with Visual Studio
- Experience working with client-server technologies
Extra/Bonus Qualifications and Skills
- Experience with API level documentation
- Experience with SDK development
- Experience with display, video, and/or native advertising
- Experience with playing media, compression, etc..
- Experience with Visual Studio Project Tracking
- Experience with technologies like HTTP/HTML/JavaScript and RESTful APIs
- Experience with Windows Store apps
- Experience with Casual Games
- Experience with on-line service
- Understanding of game release process
- Good understanding of SDK releases
- PMP, Scrum, or other related Project Management Certification
- BS in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent experience
Teleion Consulting is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.